Programme

• Thursday 22nd September

8.00pm Vintage Tea Dance

Foxtrot your way down memory lane at this old style vintage tea party. Ladies, red lippy at the ready, throw on those pearls and get ready to dance. Gents > get suited and booted!
Refreshments provided, groups welcome. 
The Castle Hotel, Macroom
Tickets €10 (in advance from the hotel or at the door)
Coordinated by Phil Doyle, The Auld Triangle | Food by The Auld Triangle ♥ Glen Mill Restaurant ♥ Youthreach Macroom

• Fri 23rd September

11.00am - 12.00noon Meet the South West Buffaloes 

Dorothy O'Tuama of Lee Valley Taste Trails and Macroom Buffalo Farm will host an Open Day 1 hour tour on Friday 22nd September. 
This is a unique opportunity to visit Ireland's only dairy Water Buffalo herd in Killnamartyra, just south west of Macroom.Enjoy a leisurely guided stroll on the farm and see the magnificent 170 buffaloes in the paddocks and indoor barns. Learn about this new curious species to Ireland. View the milking parlour and have a Q & A with the farmer Johnny Lynch on Buffalo Animal Husbandry. A delicious tasting of the 2016 Gold Medal award winning mozzarella cheese is included to enjoy before you leave us.
€5 | BOOKING ESSENTIAL | Tel 086 8539744 | BRING WELLIES | MEET AT THE FARM GATE

7.30pm An Artisan Affair at The Riverside Park Hotel

A Prosecco and canapes reception will precede a night of delicious foods and high class entertainment. 
Join us for this eight course tasting menu, lovingly prepared by the finest chefs and producers from Macroom and around. 
Wonderful entertainment and dancing til late. 
Tickets: €35 per person (on sale from Castle Hotel Macroom reception)
Lovingly presented by The Real Olive Company ♥ Castle Hotel ♥ The Mills Inn ♥ De Róiste Foods ♥ The Auld Triangle ♥ Riverside Park Hotel ♥ No. 57 Gourmet Kitchen ♥ Glen Mill Restaurant 

• Sat 24th September 
11.00am - 12.30pm Teddy Bears Picnic & Kids' Zone
Balloon making, face painting, Teddy Bears' Picnic, stories and a hula hoop workshop with Hooparella! Suitable for kids of all ages, bring your teddy along for the fun too. You'll find us easily in the marquee on the Main Square (so it won't matter even if it's raining). 

2.00pm – 5.00pm Early Birds' Taste Trail 

Follow the map and graze your way around Macroom, sampling bite size portions of delicious staples in each trail venue. Look out for the Taste Trail signs & balloons. Tickets €3 per tasting plate. See map for details. 
Find delicious food at ♥ No. 57 Gourmet Kitchen ♥ Vaughan's Cafe ♥ T P Cotters ♥ Next Door Cafe ♥ Castle Hotel ♥ Goldens Bar ♥ Fitzgeralds Book Shop & Chocolate Café ♥ Natures Corner ♥ Dineen's Bar ♥ Castle Lodge

5.00pm – 7.00pm International Food Flavours

Main Square Macroom is transformed into a world of flavour: the international community of Macroom come together to show off their traditional national dishes. Entry: one taste trail ticket or €3 will entitle you to a taste of three countries. All welcome! 
Delicious food from France ♥ Spain ♥ Bangladesh ♥ Italy ♥ Latvia ♥ Ireland ♥ 

7.00pm – 9.00pm Night Owls' Taste Trail

As above, look out for the taste trail signs & balloons to sample some sustenance and wash it down with your favourite tipple. See map for details. 
Find delicious tasters for your tipple at ♥ Murray's Bar ♥ JC Murphy's 

8.00pm - 10.00pm Macroom's Biggest Ever Outdoor Ceili

Join us on the Square for jigs, reels and Siege of Ennis aplenty. Fearr an Tí Fionán Cogan, live music by Tim Joe & Ann O'Riordan and lots of delicious pre, post & mid ceili sustenance provided by the mini pop up marketplace from Toons Bridge Dairy ♥ Jack Buckley ♥  

• Sun 25th September

11.00am – 6.00pm Monster Outdoor Artisan Food Market on The Square, Macroom

Tickle your taste buds at over 60 fabulous artisan food and drink stalls. A true showcase for the finest food and drink Cork has to offer. The market stalls are run by the producers themselves which provides a unique opportunity for visitors to learn first-hand about the products on offer. From gourmet burgers to pig on a spit, cheeses, baked treats, barista coffees and everything in between. 

Kids Entertainment

Cracking Kids Fun & Entertainment on the Main Square, all day long. Balloon Magic, face painting, circus tricks, stilt walkers, fun & frollicks. 

Schools Cook-off on the Town Square, Macroom

Students of Cork and Kerry's secondary schools will battle it out to win the Macroom Food Festival 2017 Toddlebox Schools Cook-off. Each student must create or modify a recipe for a dish of their choice, nutritionally suitable for a toddler, using only locally sourced produce. Finalists will cook their dish in the open air on Sunday 24th September, in front of a live audience. Come join us at 1.30pm and 3.30pm. 

2.00pm - 5.30pm LOCAL FOOD, INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR - a SECAD Partnership Initiative
A series of talks and demos at the Conference Room, Castle Hotel & Leisure Centre

2.00pm SECAD Introduction & Poster Competition Results

2.30pm Aurora Planells Bernat - An talamh de Luibheanna - Using Local Herbs in Medicine & Cookery

3.30pm SECAD Live Cookery Demonstration - The New Macroom – Fusion of the World’s Best Foods

4.30pm Bryan McCarthy of Award Winning Cocktail Bar Cask - There's more to Gin than Tonic

5.00pm Aurelia Monprofit of Raw Virtue - Introduction to Raw Living Food, Demonstration & Tasting